synzeugma
A type of zeugma in which a verb joins and governs two phrases by coming between themA type of zeugma in which a verb joins and governs two phrases by coming between them; a synonym of mesozeugma.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)A type of zeugma in which a verb joins and governs two phrases by coming between them; a synonym of mesozeugma.
Ad Herennium 4.27.38: "Either with disease beauty fades or with time."
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συν- (sun-) + ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoke, bond”).
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable